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Government Code and Cypher School: Signals Intelligence Passed to the Prime Minister, Messages and Correspondence

23 Mar 1942

A file of signals intelligence reports, messages, and correspondence issued by the Government Code and Cypher School and sent by the head ('C') of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) to the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. This file includes the following correspondence: from the Japanese minister in Lisbon, on U.S. naval vessels south east of Africa, on March 14; that a Japanese firm in Saigon is to build wooden sailing ships, from March 17; that the Japanese minister in Berne was instructed to ask the Swiss to enquire about the crew of a missing submarine, on March 19; from the Turkish ambassador in Berlin on the German view of Bulgarian policy, on March 17; from the Italian minister in Bucharest on the Russian offensive, on March 15; from the Japanese minister in Stockholm on German unease at Japanese successes, on March 14; and Tokyo denies British allegations of atrocities in Hong Kong, on March 15.
india china ukraine japan togo bulgaria hong kong australia international relations shipping prisoners of war submarines soviet union war crimes second world war military intelligence security service foreign office edward bridges government code and cypher school intelligence requirements diplomatic intelligence soviet strategy
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Australia Bulgaria China India Japan Soviet Union Togo Ukraine
Document Reference
HW1 /437/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /437
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0437.002
Keywords
Diplomatic Intelligence Shipping Submarines Prisoners Of War Intelligence Requirements Soviet Strategy War Crimes Hong Kong
Languages
English
Organizations
Foreign Office Security Service Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
9
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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